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G. S. LONG.

MANUFACTURE OF BARRELS.

No. 329,059. Patented Oct.- 27, 1885.

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MANUFACTURE OF BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,059, dated October 2'7, 1885.

Application filed January 23, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. Lone, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Barrels,'of which the following is a specification.

I employ for the body of the barrel, in combination with paper or papier-mach, a fabric" of cotton, jute, or other strong fiber loosely woven and applied in a succession of layers firmly compacted together upon a suitable former or core. The croze? near each end to receive the head may be produced by a suitable ridge on the core. The ends may in the act of forming extend a little beyond the line to which they are to finish, the surplus material being subsequently removed.

The following is a description of what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section of the barrel and the immediately adjacent parts in a horizontal plane at right angles to the plane of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the material through a portion of the barrel on a still larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures where they occur. 1

A is the collapsible core mounted on a shaft, a, provided with means (not represented) for rotating it slowly and strongly, and with means (not represented) for collapsing its swelled surface to allow the removal of the body of the barrel after its form is completed.

A A are ridges on the core to produce the croze or internal groove near each end to receive the head.

B B, &c., are a series of compressing-wheels or rollers mounted on a shaft, 1), with provisions for actuating on the shaft with a yielding force to press it and the rollers mounted thereon strongly against the material being wound upon the core.

D D D, &c., are rolls of loosely-Woven jute. Each is previously heated by steam, (not represented,) so that the several sheets of fabric Serial No. 153,910. (No model.)

therefrom (marked (1) are in a condition to readily receive and absorb paper-pulp, and also to stretch and contract to conform to the surface of the core.

I are strainer-pans extending across the spaces between the several fabrics d as they unwind from the rolls D. These pans are kept supplied with paper-pulp suspended in a proper quantity of water,with suitable provisions for agitating it. The lower face of each pan is perforated,and allows a just sufficient quantity of the fluid contents to fall and spread properly upon the heated fabric (1, traversed rapidly below. The several fabrics, coated on both sides with paper-pulp, are wound upon the core A and strongly compressed by the wheels B until aproper thickness is attained. Then the webs are divided and out across by hand or by machinery,and supported by clamps E F, the core A and its envelope of freshly-compressed material are removed, a new core supplied, and the operation is repeated. The core, after its removal, is collapsed and withdrawn from the barrel. The barrel is dried, its ends are trimmed,and the heads are applied. Hoops G, of wood, metal, or any other suitable material, may be applied on the exterior at the ends or at any other portions of the barrel desired. I propose in most cases, however, to produce ridges in imitation of hoops, by grooving the wheels B. The barrel-heads may be made also by pressing a similar combination of fabric with pulp in plane or slightly-swelled molds.

The entire barrel may be waterproofed by some suitable water-repelling material.

Modifications may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

It will be obvious that although I have termed the article thus produced a barrelbody, it may be used for other purposes. It may take the place of the paper rim set forth in the United States Patent for pulley granted to me,dated March 20, 188$,Nc. 274,347. The swell or difference in diameter between the middle and the ends may be varied. For a pulley-rim the swell should be less than for ordinary barrels.

be omitted for a pulley-rim. A pulley-rim I OC The ridges in the core may may be made on a core adapted for barrels by making it narrow. I can apply the fabric in many or few layers. It may be molded on in a single sheet instead of many ply, if desired in any case; but the operation will be slower. The pulp may be manufactured into paper and'applied as paper, if desired in any case. I prefer the whole as shown.

I claim asiny invention 1. A barrel-body formed of woven fabric, combined with paper-pulp applied together and shaped, substantially as herein specified. 

